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Wacky Wednesday: What Are You Afraid Of?

I am a “country girl,” and I grew having animals around–dogs, cats, and chickens mostly, but there were others as well. I have always loved dogs, and I never considered myself afraid of any of them until my dog was attacked. I was walking Miss Maxie, my little Jack Russell Terrier mix, when I saw a woman who was walking two large Rottweilers. I sensed trouble immediately. Why is it that so many people with dangerous dogs aren’t able to control them? These dogs were huge–like nothing I have seen since. They saw my dog and started to run toward us. The owner fell down trying to hold on to the leashes, and dogs dragged her on the ground until she eventually let go. They made a b-line for me and my 20-pound dog baby and started to attack. They chased my dog, which was still leashed, around in circles and tried to bite her, but Miss Maxie was young then and too quick for them. In fact, she gave as good as she got. Finally, a man who lived nearby ran out of his apartment and restrained the dogs before I or my dog got hurt. Believe it or not, the owner blamed me for the attack. She said it was my dog’s fault for barking at her dogs. (Sigh) Miss Maxie still doesn’t like big dogs till this day. Now, whenever I see a Rottweiler, I turn around and go the other way, but I also have my pepper spray ready.

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Do you want to know what I am really afraid of? I am afraid that, on behalf of my child, I’m going to have to cuss somebody out. As I peruse the internet on a daily basis, I am constantly seeing attacks on black children. Just check out our blog and you will find evidence of this over the past several months. Since this is Wacky Wednesday, I’m going to try to keep it mild and avoid discussing the violent cases against black children.